removeStartupFile

Remove file from project startup files

Syntax

removeStartupFile(proj,files)

Description

removeStartupFile(proj,files) removes the specified files from the startup files in the specified project.

Examples

Remove a Startup File

Open the Times Table App project. Use currentProject to create a project object from the currently loaded project.

openExample("matlab/TimesTableProjectExample")
proj = currentProject;

Automatically run the TimesTable app when the project opens by making the runTimesTable.m file a startup file.

filepath = fullfile("utilities","runTheseTests.m");
addStartupFile(proj,filepath);

Remove the startup file. The app no longer runs automatically when the project opens.

removeStartupFile(proj, filepath);

Input Arguments

proj — Project

matlab.project.Project object

Project, specified as a matlab.project.Project object. Use currentProject to create a project object from the currently loaded project.

files — Path of files

string array | cell array of character vectors

Path of the files to remove from startup, specified as a string array or cell array of character vectors.

Version History

Introduced in R2019a

R2025a: Remove multiple files from project startup

Starting in R2025a, the removeStartupFile function supports removing multiple files from project startup in one step.